Improved mosquito and ply-net



@nitrittats @anni @ffice EBEN O. CARRINGTON, OF PHILADlilLIllIA, PENNSYLVANIA. Letters .Patent No. 72,452, dated December 24, 1867.

IMPROVED IMIOSQUITO AND FLY-NET.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EBEN O. CARRINGTON, of .the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsyh vania, have invented and made a certain new and useful Improvement in Mosquito and vFly-Nets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is an elevation showing the top and bottom portions of the netting at one side of a window,

Figure 2 is a section of the netting and window-casing, and

Figure 3 is a sectional plan of the netting, showing the fold near the edge thereof.

Similar marks of Areference denote the same parts.

My invention consists in a squared or polygonal bar, with pins, bolts, kor catches at its ends, and formed so as to be sprung into place in the window-frame, and the netting is extended from -one bar at the. top to another bar at the bottom of the opening, to be covered by the netting,'and the vertical edges of said netting are strengthened and kept under tension by tapes or strips of muslin, to which the edges are sewed, and folds are formed in the netting, near the edges thereof, that allow thenetting to be forced'partially outwards or inwards by the wind, or to be shrunk by the weather, without the sides of said netting being drawn away from the window-frame.l Thus I am enabled to obtain any dsired tension between the top and bottom bars of the netting by turning one or both partially around to wind the netting upon it, and then its polygonal `form prevents its turning, in consequence of one of its fiat Sides setting against the casing, and-at the salme time the netting is suiciently loose widthwise, inconsequence of saidfolds, to prevent the wind or shrinkage causing the edges to draw away from the frames. t A

In the drawingr'a represents a portion of the window-frame; b, the easing. c is a polygonal bar, of a. length to suit the space. A spike or pin is introduced at each end, and a section ofthe bar near one end is vmade contractiblebybne part' running into a hole intheY other, and a helical spring is introducedto project such section, and cause its end pin to ent-er a hole provided for it in tbe window-easing, and these holes for the` pins of the respective ends of the top and bottom bars are to be suiciently Close into an angle of the frame or casing to preventlthe bar being turned, until the same is taken from saidfposition by drawing in the movable end section, and freeing the en l`pin of the bar. I provide a. knob, d, that may be screwed to either of the sides of the movable end-section of the bar c. I

The bars c are covered with inuslin, and to this covering is sewed the mosquito-netting that extends from one bar to the other. e is the tape or muslin strip sewed to each -edge of the netting, .and its ends attached to the bars c. The fold f is provided in the netting, running from one roller to the other, near the edge ofthe netting, for the purposes aforesaid.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v f The polygonal-bars c, with end spring sections, in combination with the tapes or strips e and foldj, as and for the pur'poses'speeied.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature, `this 20th day of August,A. D. 1867.'

E. o CARRINGTON.

Witnesses:

E. J. CARRINQTON, I, G. BENEDICT. 

